Locals are pointing to Climate Change to trump the flames the fires on poor forest men. Golf is good to have you with us we begin tonight with ties between china and europe german chancellor Angela Merkel says that European Union trade with china must be conducted on a level Playing Field merkel another e. U. Leaders met with chinas president xi jinping today for a wide ranging talks on trade Climate Change and the coronavirus pandemic the original plan was for a major face to face summit on an e. U. China Investment Agreement but progress on that agreement which has been under discussion for 7 years has stalled with the e. U. Pressing china to open up its markets for sed. A quick wave for the cameras instead of the pageantry of normal summits the video call brought together they used top officials plus german chancellor under americal representing the evas rotating presidency and chinas president xi jinping were participants than originally planned but not fewer problems and the e. U. Isnt backing down its demands china has to convince us that it is worth having an Investment Agreement but in order to exert pressure all e. U. Members have to be on the same page the. This was an important process for us showing how we should approach Foreign Policy in the future when it comes to Strategic Partnerships achieving a common line. Often the me else i am not that we havent done so before but doing it more than we have shown in the past if you like. The agenda spanned issues beyond just the planned e. U. China investment pact to do with rest for she took its Climate Change it can enrich through it it can meet in 3 issues international and human rights tributes and try to make recovery the e. U. Wants to see china do more to tackle product piracy dumping exports that undercut the competition and subsidies for state owned industries plus access to Chinese Markets for Foreign Investors is either forbidden or limited in dozens of sectors. China is now the 2nd biggest trading partner behind the United States and for china the e. U. As its biggest increasingly beijing has been pursuing its National Interests more aggressively Chinese Forces have exchanged gunfire across the disputed himalayan border with india. China has shrugged off International Condemnation for suppressing its Muslim Minority in the west of the country and beijing has gone back and treaty pledges guaranteeing hong kongs autonomy and western hopes that closer trade ties with china would be to greater freedoms havent materialized. Or earlier we spoke to our europe correspondent dior glances in brussels and we asked him why people are saying that relations between the e. U. And china are the worst that theyve been in decades theres a number of reasons really lets start with the political ones and the most complicated ones because predominantly the policy of the European Union so far had been guided by the principle off change through trait but looking at the political side of course you have the security law the controversial security law in hong kong Human Rights Violations and here it was quite interesting today to hear the Council President shall michel bring up a whole list of the months what china has to do including International Independent observers accessing a part of china where there have been alleged abuses Human Rights Violations against the local weaker Muslim Population now that will be interesting how that will play out so thats the political side of it then you have the corona crisis where europe somehow has realized particularly germany for instance that there is a dependency on supply chains particularly when it comes to medical supplies so that didnt go down well with a number of Member States and finally you have to as i mentioned the Market Access issue and that is really at the root of the problem the e. U. Commission today but also the chairman chancellor representing of the euro the presidency of the European Union have made it very clear that they do want to see concessions on the chinese part when it comes to business making business together that was. There reporting from brussels he went in search of help talking about bill abusing president Alexander Lukashenko today. Russian president Vladimir Putin pledged to extend bella bruce credit of 1500000000. 00 putin also expressed support for lugar sankoh president lukashenko made the visit to appeal for help as he faces the biggest protests of his 26 years in power whether 100000 people joined the demonstrations in the Bella Hussein capital mintz over the weekend calling for his resignation hundreds of people were arrested the demonstrations began last month following deliverances disputed president ial election. Ard for more now lets go to our russia analyst constantine a good can even say you constantine what exactly did president lukashenko hope to get from Vladimir Putin and did he get exactly what he want yes he did but he wanted it simple dont leave a putin he wanted a photo op with if you want to let even a push into treating this dress didnt tell the neighboring country of an l. Ike and he wanted money and all of that he got the credit of 1500000000. 00 that was extended by moscow will be interesting enough to cover at least not not all of it but part of it to come up through this crits that moscow has given i mean bellews is a serial in debt in terms of its relations with russia but at such a time i think photo op with mr putin was no less important to look at change who faces increasing problems that have and this i did that put in treaty as did a real head of state is also a very very poor thing to know because money enough was yeah i mean the optics here are important i know for the opposition and bella ruse there is the concern that maybe the fear too that russia could send in its military into bill routes did these 2 leaders did they discuss that possibility. Actually we dont know because apart from this announcement of of a new credit extended nothing much came out of it but judging by the treaties announcements by mr putin for sale for example said a couple weeks ago that at the request of lukashenko he asked reserve officers of police and on a stance of lets just stand by just in case needs help i think such things were discussed and discussed luka should go seems to be. Pretty much already in debt to mr putin just to give one example. When be a Russian State Television where this went on strike members and stuff members of our t. V. Russias Propaganda Network have basically gone to minsk to as they say consult the russian programs or some colleagues on how to produce programs so how does that ring being rented and i think that putin will continue to stick by the. Our right to analysts constantine and it is always constantine we appreciate your insights thank you. Now lets have a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world doctors here in berlin treating russian Opposition Leader alexei in of all the say that his condition has improved and that hes now able to get out of bed for short periods of time the German Government says labs in sweden in france have now confirmed german findings that snowball meat was poisoned with the soviet era nerve agent. By dance the Parent Company of the Popular Video sharing app ticktock says its chosen oracle as its new u. S. Technology partner the it will not sell the app or part of its source code President Trump has threatened to ban tick tock unless its chinese Parent Company sells its u. S. Business. Usually hit asuka has been elected the new leader of japans governing liberal Democratic Party paving the way for him to become the countrys next Prime Minister the vote follows shinzo avis announcement of his resignation last month because of Health Problems greek officials have again accused migrants of starting the fires that destroyed europes largest refugee camp on the island of lesbos the flames left more than 12000. 00 people without shelter the Greek Migration ministry is now urging them to move into newly erected temporary shelters but many people fear the new camp will be no better than the one that just burned down. At the back of a long line of hungry people waiting has become part of life on the island of les pass the front aid workers handout bags of food. Since the more your camp burned down migrants have been camping out on the streets they return to roadside to eat is a simple but desperately needed meal and soon it will be time to start queuing for the next. Images from the air show new shelter tents for thousands left homeless hundreds have already been resettled in sites like this but others fame moving to new camps would just perpetuate of their misery if the good to new cham mori out again is to start about to me we experience a one year more i think its the enough to do to stay despite the election because hes defending his physical features. The protesters demand to be allowed to leave less pass nearly 400. 00 unaccompanied children have already left these women and children appealed to germany to get them off the island too. In berlin germanys foreign minister said it plans to help more homeless families because. There are a lot of voices in germany that have expressed a willingness to help those in distress in moria for in addition to his taking in unaccompanied minors mention in awards in movie. Was. Greek authorities hope to move all migrants off a streets and into new camps by the end of the week but these processes say as long as they are on less boss they will never be truly free. Are to the United States u. S. President donald trump is in california where he plans to see firsthand the devastation caused by those massive wildfires along the west coast. But president has been meeting with firefighters and emergency officials in the north of the states who have been struggling to control record the blazes that have devastated 20000 square kilometers troy has blamed the fires on poor Forest Management and the failure to clear dry the underbrush democrat rival joe biden says that Climate Change made the fires possible all right our correspondent i mean as if he is at the airports in the state capital sacramento where the president landed earlier good afternoon to you i mean this is a surprise visit by double trump why did he decide to come now. Well he is here to talk about the wildfires and some some people around here might say finally his critics have blamed him of voiding the subject and as you said it was a surprise visit which a lot of his trumps of his supporters have come out here and stage an impromptu rally now he was talking in this hangar behind me to finally address crime to address the wildfires that have been burning in California California now is a blue state that means its going democrat most likely they havent voted for republican in a long time so he didnt plan this as one of the legs of his campaign trail but because of the headlines it seems hes finally decided to come here and address the situation and show that he has it under control and the president he doesnt even like to mention the words Climate Change hes blamed these fires on bad forced management what are critics saying about the president s handling of these on president wildfires. Well critics say that he has not addressed the real cause of these massive fires this is unprecedented in the history of california at least in recorded history of california and climate Scientists Say this is directly related to Climate Change which trump has outright denied he was asked about that link today he deflected that and said that gavin newsom the governor of california should address that question but later when gavin newsom was addressing that question he said actually the earth is going to get cooler you just watch i think scientists arent right on this one so again he has doubled down on his what he said about Climate Change and forest fires yeah interesting prediction there. Is on the story in the California State Capitol sacramento thank you. Thought you w. News ill be back at the top of the hour with more world news followed by end of the day i hope to see you then. Combating the corona pandemic. Where does research stand. What are scientists learning. Background information and. Our corona. Coated 19 special next on d w. Nothing out of the 10 i guess sometimes i am but i stand up English Research i havent thinks the printer jemma culture looking at the stereotype classics in here think the future of the country that i know not. Yet needed to be taken as grandma damn. Its all that. I might show joins me from the sunday guppy. Post. Parts of latin america are finding a new normal amid the pandemic 1. But tragedy remains a reality for many. Personal has seen the highest number of coronavirus cases in the region officials there say the virus is under control and are even closing temporary hospitals like this one. But more than 130000 people have died during the pandemic so far in brazil why has it been a hotbed for the virus. The pandemic is also putting the squeeze on latin american livelihoods can governments help their citizens make ends meet. Welcome to georgia fellows cover 900. 00 special im Stephen Beers in berlin good to have you with us and we begin with a look at brazil where a lack of government response has devastated the most vulnerable groups in particular those living paycheck to paycheck often in the informal economy left to try and fill in the gap or Community Groups people. People angry angry about president bills and arrows right wing politics about exclusion and racism about the many cobbett 19 deaths and about the fact that nothing is being done about it in this country the protests are led by alto football fans of the corrent in football. There was nothing in the. Every fatter day the fans cooked meals to help the poorest people those who have been hit hard by the pandemic today alone they will distribute 1000 meals on the city streets they deliver the food packages in their private cars they head for the center of sao paolo in a home full. Of yours. For these Homeless People the free meal is a blessing with its rice pastor and sausage they have only been homeless for a few weeks they could no longer pay their rent due to the coronavirus prices they have brazils new poor. Robot. The government should come out of its palaces and see with its own eyes what is happening in this country. Brazils president also narrow who usually appears without a mask continues to downplay the coronavirus risk he has also been criticized for not always publishing the. Number of victims. The number of unreported cases is especially high in the favelas so in Rio De Janeiro residents have started their own count. Many victims of the virus when called by the help authorities we have a few examples of that among our circle of friends the volunteers talk to their neighbors and know the casement. Part of the unreported number. Here. There are some call that 9000 cases here. Some survive others dont. With the help of numerous fellow residents the volunteers compile they only lists for their poor district. They also collect data on sick people via whatsapp something the city council does not do. So. Since the appeared the government is conspicuous in its absence we always have to reinvent ourselves and break new ground. As other football fans in sao paolo hear under a highway bridge at 10 pm go where hardly any others would set foot. Cars drive across the bridge above all down below families in need of build a place to live they too are among the pandemics. This family brought a Kitchen Cupboard a bad and a stove from their rented apartment just a few weeks ago now they can only hope for better times and that was important help stop. During the crisis i could no longer pay my rent my wife and i became unemployed we have 3. 00 children only option was to come here i built the shelter myself. With poverty comes fear of the virus and of being left. During the pandemic. Im joined now by mary shes director of the institute for latin american studies and humber just where she is joining us from money because good to have you on the show the lack of government help for brazils poor during so much of this pandemic has that been by design or by omission well i mean actually the brazilian government overall hasnt thing completely attentive to the needs of the poor. And thats been actually not by the design of the executive government but the opposition